Every now and then, somebody asks me "What will happen in 21-12-2012?
The Mayan Calender ends on that day.
As some of you are aware, the Mayans were a mysterious people who lived in Central America.
The Mayan civilisation was already around in 2000 BC. It is said to have reached its zenith from 200 AD to 900 AD. Although the civilisation as such, declined, the people are still around - just like the Tamils.
It had a fully developed writing system, language, and it was far advanced in astronomy, architecture, mathematics, geometry, etc. They are considered by some people to have had Extra-Terrestrial connections.
When the Mayan Empire was at its greatest extent, it covered a large area - in present day Mexico, Honduras, etc.
As I said, they had a Calender system - the thing that we Tamils call as Panchangam. It is a very very very accurate Panchangam. Their solar year is 365.2522 days. Our modern atomic clock calculates it as 365.2420 days.
Such an accurate calender ends on the 21-12-2012.
The calender's present era started on 1th August, 3114 BC.
The era lasts for 5125 years.
And ends on 21-12-2012 AD.
After that what will happen is not noted. Will there be some event? Will the world as we know come to an end - with the calender?
Not known.
There were 4 more eras before the present era.
They ended and the 5th Era - Present Era came about.
After this ends, there is no mention of another era.
But there 5 eras seem to be parts of another bigger era.
My observations -
If the other 4 eras were also 5125 years long, then the larger era would be 25625 years long.
Let us go further....
The Earth spins on its own axis in 24 hours. This axis its tilted at an angle of 23 degrees 20 minutes.
The tilted axis itself is also rotating in a circle - like a spinning
top(Pambaram). This spinning causes the Precession of Equinox, changes in seasons, etc.
And the circle is completed in about 26000 years.
There CAN be connections here.
But let us see it this way.......
Let us continue with the Mayan Calender's End.....
We also have our own eras. But they are said to last fantastic number of years.
The present era is known an as the Kali Era or Kali Yugam. This is supposed to last 432,000 years. Preceding this, was the Dvapara Yugam.
Dvapara Era ended in 3102 BC. Compare it with Mayan - 3114 BC.
The calender ends in 2012.
This year according to Kali Era is 5014. Compare it with Mayan 5125 years.
Some similarities here and there.
According to puranas, we have a long long way to go before the Kali Era ends.
But there may be a catch here.
Perhaps, we also have minor eras like the Mayans. But that has be researched in depth.
So.....
The Dvapara ended in 3012 BC.
What was happening at that time?
The Mahabharatha War was going on according to one tradition. The date of the MahaBharatha War has not been decided concretely yet. It is still controversial.
But let us take the most popular tradition.
3012 BC.....
What happens next....?
The Dvarapara Yuga ended in 3102 BC, At that time the MahaBharatha War was going on.
Our people have also done accurate astronomical and Panchnga calculations.
According to our calculations, there are actually 426,988 years more to go before the end of Kali Yuga.
What was happening at the end of Dvapara Yuga?
The MahaBharatha War between the Pandavas and the Kauravas.
The MahaBharatha War lasted for 18 days.
During the first 10 days, Bhishma, the Grand Patriach of the Kauravas/Pandavas led the army of the Kauravas.
He was incapacitated on the 10th day.
Dronacharya, the Grand Martial Preceptor of both the clans took up the command.
He had to be killed by guile rather than straight honest fight.
So on the 16th day, Yudhishtra, who was the eldest among the Pandavas told a terrible lie. Yudhishtra was the avatar of Dharma Devatha.
He would not tell a lie.
But Drona beleived the lie and laid down his weapons.
At that time, Drishtadhyumna, the brother-in-law of Arjuna and brother of Draupadi, rushed forward and cut off the head of the invincible Drona.
So.....
At exactly the time when Yudhishtra told the lie, his chariot which was held up by Dharma, and which was running 9 inches above the ground without touching it, dropped down and started running on solid terrestrial ground.
At that time.....
Dvarapa Yuga ended.
And Kali Yuga began.
According to a popular version, it was claimed that Kali Yuga began on the 16th day of Mahabharatha War, at the moment that Yudhishtra spoke a lie.
In the Mahabharatha War, the armies of Duryodana out-numbered the armies of Pandavas in the ratio of 11 to 7.
And there were very great invincible warriors in the Kaurava camp.
And the commanders were above comparison.
Bhishma the Patriach led the armies during the first part of the war.
He had the power to choose when to die. But then he let himself to be defeated.
Then Drona took over the over-all command.
He was the acharya who taught all martial arts including archery, and other forms and technics of war-fare.
He was a Brahmin who took up martial arts.
His only son was Asvaththama who was also a very great warrior. And Drona held him very dear to his life. And he was an immortal. He would not die.
During the war, Drona caused very great damage to the Pandya army.
And he was adept at creating army formations which nobody can break into.
And he caused the death of Abhimanyu, who was the son of Arjuna.
Drona had to killed before he could destory the whole armies of the Pandavas.
So Lord Krishna asked Yudhishtra to tell a lie that Asvaththama was killed. But Asvaththama was invincible and was also an immortal. Naturally he cannot be killed.
So it had to be a lie - or at its very best, a partial lie.
Bhima, the strong Pandava went and killed an elephant, the name of which was also Asvaththama.
Then he went in front of Drona's chariot and shouted that he had killed Asvaththama.
Drona would not beleive this.
He asked Yudhishtra whether it was true.
Yudhishtra was a personification of Dharma Devatha and he had never told a lie.
Yudhishtra at that instance said, "Asvaththama has been killed - the elephant".
At that moment, Lord Krishna took his conch Panchajanya and blow a very loud blast of triumph. This drowned the words of Yudhishtra - "The Elephant".
What Drona was able to hear was, "Asvaththama has been killed".
Whether the words were minced or not, the intention was there - a lie.
So Drona threw down his weapons, spread a covering of NaaNal reeds and sat on it in deep meditation. There is a version which says that he used his super-conscious soul to search for the soul of Asvaththama in the realms of the spirits.
At that moment, Dhrishtadhyumna, the brother of Draupadhi, rushed towards Drona and cut off his head. Thus Dhrishtadhyumna fulfilled his own pledge to kill Drona.
But he only cut the head off the body, because Drona's soul was already elsewhere, searching for his son.
As soon as Yudhishtra uttered the words, "Asvaththama has been killed - the elephant", his chariot which was hovering one jaaN (9 inches) above the ground, immediately touched the ground and started running on the terrain.
Dharma which was holding up his chariot just let it down.
Precisely at that very moment, Dvapara ended and Kali began.
I was talking about Yudhishtra's lie and Drona's demise and the birth of Kali Era.
Then KarNa took up command, but was killed by Arjuna.
Then the last day, Salya, the maternal uncle of the two younger Pandavas led. But the army was destroyed with Salya's death.
Duryodhana left the battle field. Then Bhima took up his challenge and both fought a duel with the Gatha - mace weapon.
In the course of the duel, Duryodhana sprang into the air and aimed a blow to Bhima's head. At that moment, Krishna gave a cue to Bhima to strike the left thigh of Duryodhana and break it. Bhima did just that.
Duryodhana fell and was left to die.
Asvaththama came in search of Duyodhana. Duryodhana asked Asvaththama to seek revenge. Then died.
Asvaththama went on a rampage with the sword which was given by Lord Siva. He killed all the sons of Draupadi. Drishtayumna, her brother who beheaded Drona, met with a worse fate. Asvaththama did not want to kill him in a duel with normal weapons and thus give him a hero's death which would earn him a place in Veera Sorgam - the Paradise of the Heroes. So he caught him and tied him up with a bow string into a bundle and trampled him to death with his feet.
Yudhishtra was crowned after that.
The puranas say that with the coronation, Yudhishtra Era was born.
The Pandavas performed the Asvamedha Yagam - Horse Sacrifice and brought much of India under their control.
After some time Kunti, Dritharashtra the blind king, his wife Gandhari who were the parents of Duryodhana.
Then Dvaraka, the city of Lord Krishna sank under the sea.
The Yadhava males died, and their women were abducted by the Abhiras - a fierce tribe of hunter/robbers. Arjuna lost his strength.
Soon after that, the Pandavas died.
But their line continued with Parikshith, the grand-son of Arjuna and he was follwed by his son Janamejaya.
Thus their line continued.
Malayadhvaja Pandya who was one of fathers-in-law of Arjuna died in the war. But his lineage continued and went on through the Sangam Age and then it is still around.
So were the other dynasties.
The Yudhishtra Era was a minor era within the Kali Era.
There were other Eras like Maurya, Guptha, Saka, etc.
All were within the major Era of Kali.
Things continued. One thing after the other.
There were holocausts, cataclysms like the sinking of Dvaraka, Kumari, Atlantis; super volacnic eruptions, tsunamis, violent earth quakes, great epidemics, and wars.
There were super villains like Attila, Chengkis Khan, Timur, Hitler.
We can say that they were representations of the Kali Purusha.
So....?
21-12-2012?
There could be super volcanos like the Yellow Stone volcano. The St.Andreas Fault might shift by a hundred miles. Or a super epidemic. Or a meteorite or astroid which might hit.
There are pressure points like Iran, Central Asian Muslim republics, Taiwan, North Korea, Syria, etc. Just to start a new Super War.
And.....
The Kali Purusha representative is already here.
Barak Obama.
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